Middle Name Ideas?

[name]Just[/name] thinking about names on my boys list, some first names are not garnering middle names that click as easily as others. First names I am kind of stuck on:

[name]Maksim[/name]/[name]Maxim[/name] (first spelling preferred)
[name]Elliot[/name]
[name]Henry[/name]

I have some family names that I would consider using ([name]Owen[/name], [name]Daniel[/name], [name]Leonard[/name], [name]Rueben[/name], [name]William[/name], [name]Kenneth[/name]) but I’m not sure if any of these on their own sound good. So any variations or names with a similar meaning are highly encouraged!

All your choices are great.

I particularly like [name]Henry[/name] [name]William[/name] and [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Owen[/name].

[name]Maksim[/name] [name]Alexander[/name] was the first combo to spring to mind, but seeing as you asked for related/meaning names:

[name]Euan[/name]
[name]Eli[/name]
[name]Ariel[/name]
[name]Llewelyn[/name]
[name]Trinity[/name]

[name]Alexander[/name] really does sound good, but I have a bad association with the name. That and [name]Patrick[/name]. I do like the suggestion of [name]Maksim[/name] [name]Ewan[/name] though.

Anyone else?

[name]Just[/name] shooting out some different ideas for your consideration:

[name]Henry[/name] [name]Miles[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Robert[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Simon[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]George[/name]
[name]Henry[/name] [name]Calvin[/name]

[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Warren[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Alexander[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Jacob[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Matthew[/name]
[name]Elliot[/name] [name]Asher[/name]

[name]Maksim[/name] [name]Raphael[/name]
[name]Maksim[/name] [name]Graham[/name]
[name]Maksim[/name] [name]Ryan[/name]
[name]Maxim[/name] [name]Levi[/name]
[name]Maxim[/name] [name]James[/name]

[name]Maksim[/name]!! Très chouette!

[name]Maksim[/name] [name]Henri[/name] (“ahn-[name]REE[/name]”) is a no-brainer, but I like the idea of grounding this clearly French name with a family name.

[name]Maksim[/name] [name]Guillaume[/name] (French [name]William[/name])
[name]Maksim[/name] Léonard
[name]Maksim[/name] [name]Daniel[/name] isn’t bad either.

Merde! My grasp of French names is apparently a leetle beet frail, because I was confusing this with [name]Maxime[/name], which I love. [name]Maksim[/name] is Russian? Who knew! Please tell me it’s pronounced Maxeeeeem, not [name]Maxim[/name] like the men’s magazine.

It is pronounced like [name]Maxim[/name], I would use [name]Max[/name] as a nickname. I don’t really like [name]Maxwell[/name] as a full. And the lead singer of a band I really like is named [name]Maxim[/name], nn [name]Max[/name]. I just prefer the spelling [name]Maksim[/name].

So far I like suggestions of [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Warren[/name], [name]Elliot[/name] [name]Matthew[/name], [name]Maksim[/name] [name]Graham[/name] and [name]Maksim[/name] [name]Leonard[/name], maybe [name]Maksim[/name] [name]Leo[/name]?